[Noisebridge-discuss] misc FPGA questions

[Jonathan Foote]

Haven't personally used it, but this $150 FPGA board looks like a
great entry point. It's USB-programmable and Linux-friendly, though
you still need the Xilinx tools to compile code for it (AFAIK FPGA
software toolchains are tightly coupled to the hardware manufacturers
and there there are few or no open-source alternatives, though they
have free-beer versions)

I know Bob does FPGA workshops based on his board, maybe we could get
him to come and give one here.


On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 6:22 PM, Mike Schachter <mike at mindmech.com> wrote:
>
> Hola noisebridge-discuss! A long time ago I used Symphony-EDA
> to debug an FPGA:
>
> http://www.symphonyeda.com/
>
> Some day I'd like to buy an FPGA and play around with it, but
> they seem to cost like $500+. I don't really know much about them,
> and was wondering if anyone could help me with some questions:
>
> 1) Are there free, open source IDE's available for writing code
> for a FPGA?
>
> 2) Where can I buy an FPGA cheaply? What is "cheap" for an FPGA?
> I want to use them for parallel processing, mostly for prototypes,
> and don't really care how much power they consume. I need a
> starter FPGA (which I will probably break) to learn the ropes.
>
> 3) Does anyone know FPGAs enough to teach a class in it? I'd be
> into some sort of knowledge exchange or maybe a donation to Noisebridge
> in return for an "Introduction to FPGAs" class.
>
> Thanks!
>
>  mike
>
>
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